Milton Keynes

Call for council to ban takeaways from entire estate where most residents are overweight

A councillor is calling for a ban on new takeaway businesses from being able to open near a specific estate due to the poor health of its residents. Milton Keynes Councillor Shammi Akter is asking the authority not to grant any more licences for fast food businesses in the area of Netherfield. Netherfield has been […]

Workers at a food factory in Milton Keynes allege they have banned from taking water breaks during their shifts, leaving them thirsty for up to six hours at a time while doing manual labour. Employees at the Cranswick Food factory in Milton Keynes are not able to take bottles of water onto the factory floor […]

Woman with memory loss creates VR wedding company so couples never forget special day

A woman has launched a business that will allow people to relive their wedding day whenever they like, through virtual reality technology. Emma Beckett was inspired to start the ‘virtual wedding’ company after a brain injury left her with memory loss, highlighting to her the importance of preserving precious moments. The single mum from Milton […]

Man poured petrol over neighbour, set her alight and smoked cigarette as she screamed in violent attack

A man who poured petrol over his neighbour and smoked a cigarette as she burned has been jailed for 19 years. Mother Kirsten Ashby, from Milton Keynes, was attacked by neighbour Raymond James Bowen in November last year after she attempted to help his partner who was having a seizure. Ms Ashby, 27, almost died […]

School apologises for asking children to pull eyes to 'look Chinese'

A school has been forced to apologise following an outcry from parents over a class celebration of “Chinese Day”, where children were encouraged to pull the skin up at the sides of their eyes to “look Chinese”. Parents of the class of six and seven-year-olds at the New Bradwell School in Milton Keynes discovered what […]

Milton Keynes population 'will double to half a million'

The population of Milton Keynes is expected to double, growing to half a million people, within 30 years. Locally known as MK, it was first created in 1967, making it both the last and the largest of the new towns built after the Second World War, to create more housing for those squeezed out of […]

Spontaneous frisbee and football break out amid all-day M1 traffic

Frustrated drivers used six hours stuck on a closed motorway this morning to get some playtime in, with football, frisbee and touch rugby taking places on the lanes of the M1. The motorway was closed near Milton Keynes after the appearance of what appeared to be a “ripped black binliner with a liquid oozing out […]

Corbyn promises proper regulation of privately rented homes

Jeremy Corbyn attacked the Government’s “misguided” housing policy during a rally in Milton Keynes on Monday evening. Hundreds watched the Labour leader’s rally, who is campaigning to unseat Tory MPs with slim majorities. Corbyn addresses the crowds Addressing the crowds, Mr Corbyn said the election campaign had been “a dry run, a dress rehearsal” and […]

Milton Keynes is the culmination of humankind’s search for Utopia

To the sneerers, Milton Keynes is a soulless stretch of concrete cows and roundabouts. But the notorious new town is actually the culmination of humankind’s search for Utopia, a new BBC season will claim. “As a young person, I did find Milton Keynes a boring, soulless place to grow up. It was just famous for […]

Leeds fires gun on battle for European Capital of Culture 2023

Will it be Leeds, Dundee, Milton Keynes or Truro? Britain might be leaving the EU but that hasn’t stopped a host of cities vying to win the title European Capital of Culture 2023. Glasgow in 1990 and Liverpool in 2008 have previously reaped a reward in tourism, investment and jobs from hosting the event. The […]

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